E6B Descent Planner vs Virtual VOR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
E6B Descent Planner
This tool offers a digital circular slide rule for pilots to perform real-time descent planning. It calculates crucial metrics like top of descent distance, descent angle, and glide ratio with simple one-finger operation.
- Digital circular slide rule
- Real-time descent planning
- Top of descent distance calculation
- Descent angle calculation
- Vertical descent rate calculation
- Glide ratio calculation
- Maximum glide distance calculation
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The E6B Descent Planner provides a fully functional circular slide rule for use in real time descent planning. Using one finger, and with a single turn of the rotating inner disk, pilots can easily perform calculations to determine top of descent distance, angle of descent, vertical descent rate required, glide ratio, maximum glide distance based on altitude, plus many other calculations that are not commonly associated with a mechanical E6B.
Virtual VOR
This navigation app allows users to place a VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) beacon anywhere on a map. It provides VOR-DME and ADF gauges for flight simulation or training purposes.
- Place VOR beacons anywhere
- VOR-DME gauge display
- ADF gauge display
- Customizable VOR placement
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Virtual VOR-DME, cast your VOR wherever you want, and get a VOR-DME and ADF gauges.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Virtual VOR at 4.0 against E6B Descent Planner's 3.5. Virtual VOR also leads on ratings volume (46 vs 14). E6B Descent Planner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Virtual VOR holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 46 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of E6B Descent Planner's written reviews are positive against 86% of Virtual VOR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
E6B Descent Planner ships an update every 9 months, Virtual VOR every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | E6B Descent Planner | Virtual VOR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (14 ratings) | 4.0 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arthur Varrassi | Gev Simon |
Customer experience
E6B Descent Planner
Virtual VOR
In-app purchases
E6B Descent Planner
No in-app purchases
Virtual VOR
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is E6B Descent Planner free?
Is Virtual VOR free?
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